The Life of Alexander Pope: Esq. Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius. By Owen Ruffhead, EsqC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, [and 8 others in London], 1769 - Electronic books - 578 pages |
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... , in which he himself was educated , and conftantly profeffed but an oc- cafion will occur hereafter to fpeak more particularly of his religious principle . Homer , I Homer , and was fo fmitten with the subject , ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 11.
... , in which he himself was educated , and conftantly profeffed but an oc- cafion will occur hereafter to fpeak more particularly of his religious principle . Homer , I Homer , and was fo fmitten with the subject , ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 11.
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... subject , that he read it with great avidity and delight ; being then too young to be difgufted , by the poverty and infipidity of the verfion . He foon after took Sandys's Ovid in hand , and the agree- able impreffions he received from ...
... subject , that he read it with great avidity and delight ; being then too young to be difgufted , by the poverty and infipidity of the verfion . He foon after took Sandys's Ovid in hand , and the agree- able impreffions he received from ...
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... subject , he proceeds to inquire into the proper qualities of a true critic . " Tis with our judgments as our watches , none Go juft alike , yet each believes his own . " In Poets , as true genius is but rare , " True taste as feldom is ...
... subject , he proceeds to inquire into the proper qualities of a true critic . " Tis with our judgments as our watches , none Go juft alike , yet each believes his own . " In Poets , as true genius is but rare , " True taste as feldom is ...
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... subject , with a striking apoftrophe , in which he has drawn a finished picture of a true critic . * This paffage reminds me of a beautiful thought of Dr. Young's , who fays- " Good - breeding is the bloffom of good fenfe . " " But ...
... subject , with a striking apoftrophe , in which he has drawn a finished picture of a true critic . * This paffage reminds me of a beautiful thought of Dr. Young's , who fays- " Good - breeding is the bloffom of good fenfe . " " But ...
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... subject of his dreams by night , that he often imagined himself travelling a long journey , and that he fhould never arrive at the end of the road . His folicitude to preferve the reputation he had acquired , made him attentive to every ...
... subject of his dreams by night , that he often imagined himself travelling a long journey , and that he fhould never arrive at the end of the road . His folicitude to preferve the reputation he had acquired , made him attentive to every ...
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AARON HILL addreffed admirable affure againſt anſwer beautiful becauſe beft beſt cafe cenfure character compofition critic Dean Swift defcribed defcription defign defire difplayed Dunciad Effay effayift efteemed epiftle ev'ry expreffed faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofed fure genius himſelf honour Iliad illuftrated imagination inftance itſelf John Searl judgment juft laft laſt leaft lefs letter likewife Lord Lord Bolingbroke merit mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never nevertheleſs numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry POPE POPE's praiſe prefent preferve profe publiſhed purpoſe racter reafon refpect reft ridicule ſay ſeems ſpeak tafte thefe themſelves theſe lines thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation Twickenham uſe verfe virtue whofe writings